Improvement in paper-files



. UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE,

FRANCIS C. SENSEMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR IO HIMSELFJAND A. E. STEEL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT vIN PAPER-FILES,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 105,987, dated August'2, 1870.

-To all whom t may concern: v

Be it known l, FEANcIs C. SENsEMAN, of

' Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the saine, reference beingy had to the accompanying drawings,forming partA of this specification, in whichl Figure l represents aside elevation, partly in section, of the improved file. Fig 2 is adetail enlargedv side View of the lowerpart of the same. Fig 3 isadetail transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correresponding parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a le for bills, letters,Sto., in such a manner that any one bill or letter can be reached andremoved without requiring the separate removal and reattachment of allthose above it.

The invention consists in the combination of a wireV iile with atubularslotted holder, the parts" being so arranged that the wire can bewithdrawn with some of the bills, leaving the remainder on the holder.

A in the drawings represents a vertlcal tube, secured upon a platform orfoot, B, and slotted longitudinally, as shown.

C is a wire pointed at the upper end and provided. near its lower endwith a projecting ear or lug, a. vThe wire is inserted in the tube, theear passing along the slot. Then inproper position thc ear can be turnedinto a notch, b, of the tube, in which it is held by a spring, c, thatpresses against the lower end of the wire. The spring can, however, bedispensed with. The upper end of the tube is tapered to graduallyapproach the size of the wire.

The letters or bills to be iiled are put over the wire and held on thetube. When one particular paper is to be taken out from a number on thefile, the lot is divided atV the place of the desired one, and the upperhalf slipped upon the upper projecting part of the'wire. rIhe wire isthen taken out of the tube, when the uppermost bill on the latter canreadily be removed. rlhe wire being replaced allows the upper papers tobe readilyv slipped back over the tube. l

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desireto secureby Letters Patent--A The file consisting ofthe slotted tube A, wire C,and lug a, all arranged as set forth.

F. C. SENSEMAN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL C. OGLE, H. B. STEWART.

